Kang Song-san

Kang Song-san
Premier of North Korea
In office January 27, 1984 – December 29, 1986
Preceded by	Li Jong-ok
Succeeded by	Li Gun-mo
Premier of North Korea
In office December 11, 1992 – February 21, 1997
Preceded by	Yon Hyong-muk
Succeeded by	Hong Song-nam
Personal details
Born	March 3, 1931
Died	2007

Kang Song-san
Chosŏn'gŭl	강성산
Hancha
Revised Romanization	Gang Seong-san
McCune–Reischauer	Kang Sŏngsan

Kang Song-san (3 March 1931 – 2007) was a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from 1984 to 1986 and again from 1992 to 1997. He succeeded Li Jong-ok in his first term and Yon Hyong-muk in his second term.

He was born in North Hamgyong. He graduated from Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and from Kim Il-sung University and went to study in the Soviet Union in Moscow State University. He became an instructor in the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1955. Candidate member of the political politburo in 1973, Deputy Prime Minister in 1977, the Sixth Party Congress in 1980 he was elected a member of the Politburo. In 1984, he became Prime Minister.

1991 Chairman of the People's president and secretary hambuk faction, the People's Committee of the Party Central Committee, member of the Political Bureau of the Korean Workers' Party, the Supreme People's Assembly to the delegates in charge of such positions. He was awarded Kim Il-sung Order in 1982.

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